- Location
- Earth
Two things are required to be eligible for learning runes.
- Be a dwarf
- Be descended from Thungni
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
- Start date
- Fantasy Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Location
- Finland
Pretty sure Ranald does not ban greatswords.
He definitely doesn ot ban murder, provided the right target.
In fact, Ranald is quite pro violence in certain cases.
Looks like I missed those. I'll have to go check later when I get home.
It is perfectly acceptable for a Cleric of Shallya to whack an attacker with the Shallya-approved 'stout walking staff' and repeat as necessary. It would be Playing Silly Buggers to deliberately put yourself in that position explicitly to get the letter-of-the-law approval to deploy the stout walking staff. The thing about following the letter of the strictures instead of the spirit of the strictures is that the spirit of the strictures has a name and that name is Shallya.
NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
I mean, Greys are diplomats too. Eike could just focus on diplo and leave the martial to someone else.
- Location
- Czech Republic
On one hand, I want to let Eike decide for herself, on another hand I don't want her to become an amethyst, bright, amber, or light wizard. And yet on another hand I want to take her as an apprentice.
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Yeah, thats fine. Means she cans till follow the spirit of the scriptures as a grey, just with a greater focus on Stealth and scouting compared to our Greatsword of Subtlety. I just wanted to know for if something happened when she was trying to be sneaky.
And yeah, she can totally be more diplo focused than us, and probably should.
And yeah, she can totally be more diplo focused than us, and probably should.
This is basically where I stand.
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NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
He says not to carry a sword and use your wit instead.
- Live by wits, not by your sword.
- A true devotee of Ranald uses the dagger and stiletto; only amateurs and the slow-witted need armour and long sword.
He says not to carry a sword and use your wit instead.
So Mathilde named her sword 'Moonlit Wit'.
- Live by wits, not by your sword.
- A true devotee of Ranald uses the dagger and stiletto; only amateurs and the slow-witted need armour and long sword.
To extrapolate on this: Mathilde genuinely believes she is following the spirit of the stricture. She is not using a large, heavy weapon because she is choosing brute strength over finesse and wit. She is using a large, heavy weapon because when she had the time and opportunity to learn how to wield a weapon, the Greatswords were the best teachers at hand. She employs her greatsword with as much cleverness and skill as she is able, rather than using it as a bludgeon to batter away obstacles. In this way she follows the strictures of Ranald as she understands them. The name of Branulhune is not her flaunting her breaking of a stricture, it's her showing her devotion to it.
If she actually was a big hulking brute that thought she could get away with whacking people with a huge chunk of metal as her first resort by saying it's actually a really big dagger, Ranald would be distinctly unamused.
That applies to basically anyone who isn't a Grey Wizard or a Sigmarite priest though.
Even Elector Counts aren't expected to be pure and selfless.
On the flip side gold wizards - or any type of wizards really - aren't going to be more prone to skinning the sheep than anyone else.
'it's only a witty interpretation if the interpretation is witty, not an excuse.'
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
DUCKLING EIKE DUCKLING EIKE DUCKLING EIKE
- Location
- Finland
I dunno, i think Ranald would find that a great setup for a joke.
Though we probably would not enjoy the punchline.
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
In that it might involve Ranaldites lining up to punch us.I dunno, i think Ranald would find that a great setup for a joke.
Though we probably would not enjoy the punchline.
- Location
- Finland
Sometimes when telling a joke it comes in a form of long and intricate tell that makes you laugh three days after hearing it when you finally get it.In that it might involve Ranaldites lining up to punch us.
Sometimes you just go with good old (possibly literal) slapstick.
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Trip over cat, step on a rake that just so happened to be lying on top of another rake in a X shape.Sometimes when telling a joke it comes in a form of long and intricate tell that makes you laugh three days after hearing it when you finally get it.
Sometimes you just go with good old (possibly literal) slapstick.
NavySeel
"I don't know what I'm doing."
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- Places
Weren't you listening to what Boney was saying?Sometimes when telling a joke it comes in a form of long and intricate tell that makes you laugh three days after hearing it when you finally get it.
Sometimes you just go with good old (possibly literal) slapstick.
Slapstick is clearly Shallyan
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I know she's basically magically glued on but this is still a hell of an image.
In which Belebro continues to earn his nickname.
"Our little clan"
....ahem.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
Blessed technicalities.
I think we should try to sell Wilhelmina on the benefits of mageliness. Eike will be an even better heir with Azyr or Chamon backing her up. Or even Ulgu!
- Location
- Utrecht
Light college works for her faith, as they primarily fight chaos. A Shallyan Light wizard would just focus more on opposing nurgle. I'm also quite sure that Shallya doesn't oppose smiting demons of any flavor, either. Downside is that not a lot of Apprentices make it past the choirs, Eike could be one of them. And that the college itself isn't the best positioned for 'business'
Grey college would likely be Mathilde's favourite (she's biased, though), because it's the safest for the empire. Being one of the Lords of the Grey college (and potentially her future master), she gets some say in what Eike ends up doing in the long run, which she could leverage to keep Wilhemina somewhat happy. Downsides are that her upbringing might not be a good fit.
Celestial college has the best synergy on the Magic/Business axis, i.e. using magic to improve business. Downside: Mathilde doesn't like the way Azyr influences Celestials' thinking, which might lead to disagreements down the line. But would be interesting as well.
The Gold college reverses the Magic/Business axis, i.e. using Business to improve Magic. Culturally, the college encourages the accumulation of wealth (and gold), which could be good, or bad. Though I'm inclined to think that having the upbringing she has, Eike will quite likely stay on the side of the angels. Not to mention, the Lord Magister Grey wizard silent partner.
Jade might be interesting, as it Synergizes with her Shallyan faith, and understanding of growth seems to be intrinsic to the college. Life wizards are also among the colleges that reproduce, so Wilhemina's empire might survive multiple generations, if under the stewardship of the Jade college. Hypothetically, Panoramia could take her magister exam and take her as an apprentice, which would draw her out of the college's cult, and draw her into our orbit. But that's a longshot, for multiple reasons.
For the other three winds, I can't think of any positives, and i'm not just going to list the downsides.
Grey college would likely be Mathilde's favourite (she's biased, though), because it's the safest for the empire. Being one of the Lords of the Grey college (and potentially her future master), she gets some say in what Eike ends up doing in the long run, which she could leverage to keep Wilhemina somewhat happy. Downsides are that her upbringing might not be a good fit.
Celestial college has the best synergy on the Magic/Business axis, i.e. using magic to improve business. Downside: Mathilde doesn't like the way Azyr influences Celestials' thinking, which might lead to disagreements down the line. But would be interesting as well.
The Gold college reverses the Magic/Business axis, i.e. using Business to improve Magic. Culturally, the college encourages the accumulation of wealth (and gold), which could be good, or bad. Though I'm inclined to think that having the upbringing she has, Eike will quite likely stay on the side of the angels. Not to mention, the Lord Magister Grey wizard silent partner.
Jade might be interesting, as it Synergizes with her Shallyan faith, and understanding of growth seems to be intrinsic to the college. Life wizards are also among the colleges that reproduce, so Wilhemina's empire might survive multiple generations, if under the stewardship of the Jade college. Hypothetically, Panoramia could take her magister exam and take her as an apprentice, which would draw her out of the college's cult, and draw her into our orbit. But that's a longshot, for multiple reasons.
For the other three winds, I can't think of any positives, and i'm not just going to list the downsides.
That's the correct translation if Kazrik was using proper grammar, but it's not uncommon for Dwarves to use -it as a diminutive of the root plus -i even though formal grammar would argue that that Kazrik should have said 'Utkalanikit' instead. It literally meaning something like 'little clanmate', or in this case, 'little sibling'. Kazrik was joking that that's the only form of address he's needed for Princes since the only ones he knows are his little brothers, but Eike thought he was being serious and called the Prince her little bro.
Khazalid doesn't have separate honorifics, if you want to be respectful you say their full proper name and title every time.
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consequences
Not A Nice Person At All
- Location
- Jerkville
Arguably the Gromril Greatsword of Cannonball Smiting is in fact the elegant solution. We could be brute forcing things by attempting the spamming Pit of Shades after all.
Also, against what we sometimes end up fighting it totes is just an oversized dagger.
Also, against what we sometimes end up fighting it totes is just an oversized dagger.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Thank you, most informative. That just makes it even better.
Thats absoluteley true, but doesn't negate the fact its not a great argument pro-gold wizardry. Its not a counter argument either, but using this justification we could push Eike any which way except Grey.